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List of films related to the hippie subculture

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This is a list of fiction and documentary films about or relating to the hippie subculture or counterculture of the 1960s.

Contents

1960s

  • The Acid Eaters (1968)
  • Alice's Restaurant (1969)
  • The Born Losers (1967)
  • Candy (1968)
  • Chappaqua (1966)
  • Easy Rider (1969)
  • Eggshells (1969)
  • The Fat Spy (1966)
  • The Guru (1969)
  • The Happening (1967)
  • Head (1968)
  • How to Commit Marriage (1969)
  • I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
  • The Love-Ins (1967)
  • The Love Bug (1968)
  • Maryjane (1968)
  • Medium Cool (1969)
  • Monterey Pop (1968)
  • More (1969)
  • The Party (1968)
  • El Profesor Hippie (1969, Spanish)
  • Psych-Out (1968)
  • Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
  • Skidoo (1968)
  • Three in the Attic (1968)
  • The Trip (1967)
  • Wild in the Streets (1968)
  • Wonderwall (1968)
  • Yellow Submarine (1968)
  • 1970s

  • 200 Motels (1971)
  • An American Hippie in Israel a.k.a. Ha-Trempist (1972)
  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
  • Billy Jack:
  • Billy Jack (1971)
  • The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
  • Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
  • Breezy (1973)
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
  • Butterflies Are Free (1972)
  • La Familia Hippie (1971, Spanish)
  • Fritz the Cat:
  • Fritz the Cat (1972)
  • The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)
  • Gas-s-s-s (1971)
  • Ghetto Freaks a.k.a. Love Commune (1970)
  • Ginger in the Morning (1974)
  • Go Ask Alice (1973)
  • Godspell (1973)
  • Hair (1979)
  • Harold And Maude (1971)
  • Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971, Hindi)
  • Helter Skelter (1976)
  • The Holy Mountain (1973)
  • I Drink Your Blood (1970)
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
  • Joe (1970)
  • Katherine (1975)
  • The Last Movie (1971)
  • La Vallée a.k.a. Obscured By Clouds (1972) Director:Barbet Schroeder
  • Love Story (1970)
  • The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)
  • More American Graffiti (1979)
  • The Psychedelic Priest a.k.a. Electric Shades of Grey (1971)
  • Rainbow Bridge (1972)
  • Shalom (1973, Hebrew)
  • The Song Remains the Same (1976) - features 1973 Led Zeppelin concert footage
  • The Strawberry Statement (1970)
  • Taking Off (1971)
  • Thumb Tripping (1972)
  • Up in Smoke (1978)
  • When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
  • Woodstock (1970)
  • Zabriskie Point (1970)
  • Zachariah (1971)
  • Zardoz (1973)
  • 1980s

  • 1969 (1988)
  • The Big Chill (1983)
  • Cheech & Chong:
  • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
  • Nice Dreams (1981)
  • Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
  • Still Smokin' (1983)
  • Rude Awakening (1989)
  • Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
  • 1990s

  • The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • Dazed and Confused (1993)
  • The Doors (1991)
  • Far Out Man (1990)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  • Flashback (1990)
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • A Walk on the Moon (1999)
  • Hideous Kinky (film) (1998)
  • 2000s

  • Across the Universe (2007)
  • Almost Famous (2000)
  • Born in 68 (2008)
  • The Dreamers (2003)
  • The Tripper (2006)
  • Humboldt County (2008)
  • I'm Not There (2007)
  • Into the Wild (2007)
  • The Manson Family (2003)
  • Stoned (2005)
  • The Grateful Undead (2007)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
  • Steal This Movie! (2000)
  • Taking Woodstock (2009)
  • Youth in Revolt (2009)
  • Wood & Stock: Sexo, Orégano e Rock'n'Roll (2006, Brazilian)
  • Pineapple Express (film) (2008)
  • Smiley Face (film) (2007)
  • 2010s

  • Happiness Runs (2010)
  • Hippie Hippie Shake (unreleased)
  • The House of the Sun (2010, Russian)
  • The Music Never Stopped (2011)
  • Our Idiot Brother (2011)
  • Wanderlust (2012)
  • Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2012)
  • Inherent Vice (2014)
  • Wild (2014)
  • Paradise Trips (2015)
  • Moonwalkers (2015)
  • Documentary films

  • Back to the Garden, flower power comes full circle (2009) Hippies in Washington state, USA
  • Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
  • Beyond this Place (2010) imdb a man meets his absent hippie father for the first time
  • Charles Manson Superstar (1989)
  • Commune (2005), about the Black Bear Ranch
  • Conventions: The Land Around Us (1968), at 1968 Democratic National Convention
  • Crumb (1994), about underground comix artist Robert Crumb
  • Das Wilde Leben a.k.a. Eight Miles High (2007, German), about model and groupie Uschi Obermaier
  • Dont Look Back (1967)
  • F.T.A. (1972)
  • Feast of Friends (1970) - The Doors' self-produced documentary filmed in 1968.
  • Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher (2005), about Lonnie Frisbee
  • Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
  • Hippie Masala (2006), Swiss documentary about the hippies who live in India.
  • Hippie Movie (2008, Polish/English)
  • Huerfano Valley (2012, English), about a 40 years old hippie commune in Colorado. Three residents share their experiences and talk of the evolutions in the way of living in the commune during all these years.
  • The Hippie Revolt aka. Something's Happening (1967)
  • Jimi Hendrix (1973) Various interviews of people who knew Hendrix before and when he was famous
  • Jobs (film) (2013)
  • Die Karawane der Blumenkinder (2008, German), documentary on the Hippie trail
  • Karl Hess: Toward Liberty (1980), documentary about Republican speechwriter turned anarchist
  • Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes (2006)
  • Last Hippie Standing (2002), on hippies in Goa with Cleo Odzer
  • Magic Trip (2011) Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster's bus adventures
  • Inside LSD (2009) Explorer puts LSD under the microscope
  • Manson (1973)
  • MC5: A True Testimonial (2002)
  • My Generation (2000)
  • My Hippies (2005) Reflection from two couples living in Haight Ashbury in the sixties.
  • Project Nim (2011) Interviews and footage of the free and expressive upbringing of a chimpanzee taught sign language in the 1970s.
  • Ram Dass Fierce Grace (2001)
  • Revolution (1968)
  • Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie (2008)
  • The Source Family (2012) Commune of the same name, first in Los Angeles, then Hawaii, centered around Father Yod.
  • Taylor Camp: Living the 60s Dream (2010) Nostalgic reflections of 1970s hippies in tree houses in Hawaii.
  • Tripping (1999)
  • The Valley of the Moon (2010)
  • Underground (1976)
  • The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
  • Volem Rien Foutre al Païs (2006, French)
  • The Weather Underground (2002)
  • Within Reach Movie, journey to find sustainable community (2013)
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (2008), a group of young people visit San Francisco
  • Concert films

  • Festival Express (2003)
  • Fillmore (1972)
  • Gimme Shelter (1970)
  • Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
  • Monterey Pop (1968)
  • Nambassa Festival (1980)
  • Woodstock (1970)
  • Short films

    See external links section
  • "Brink of Disaster!" (1972)
  • "Curses and Sermons", documentary about poet Michael McClure
  • "Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb" (1969)
  • "Greenwich Village Sunday"
  • "Quantum Satori" (Samuel Vanclooster, 2015)
  • Television

  • The '60s (1999)
  • All in the Family (1971-1979)
  • The Banana Splits (1968-1970)
  • The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
  • The Bugaloos (1970-1972)
  • Chico and the Man (1974-1978)
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968-1975)
  • Dragnet 1967 (1967-1970) often portrayed hippies pejoratively
  • The Electric Company (1971-1985)
  • Family Ties (1982–1989)
  • Hippies (1999)
  • Hippy Gourmet (2001-)
  • H.R. Pufnstuf (1969-1971)
  • Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970-1971)
  • Lidsville (1971-1973)
  • Love, American Style (1969-1974)
  • The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
  • The Monkees (1966–1968)
  • Batman (1966-1968)
  • Star Trek (1966-1969), hippie episode "The Way to Eden" first broadcast on February 21, 1969
  • Mulligan Stew (1972)
  • Kung Fu (1972-1974)
  • The Partridge Family (1970-1974)
  • Room 222 (1969-1974)
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973)
  • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969)
  • The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974)
  • Summerhill (2008)
  • WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982)
  • The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
  • The Young Ones (1982-1984)
  • The Drug Years (2006)
  • Animated

  • The Beatles (1965–1967)
  • Groovie Goolies (1970-1972)
  • Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971-1974)
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970) and Scooby-Doo successors to present
  • References

    List of films related to the hippie subculture Wikipedia